NBA is back (apparently)

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Originally Posted by dalakhani

For a long time, being the eastern conference champ in the nba really wasn't much of an honor. Some very mediocre teams accomplished that feat.

For many years, simply making the playoffs was a tough in the west.

On another note, from 1987 until he retired, how did birds Boston teams do? I remember them going out in the first round against Charlotte. Say...how many years did bird play without parish, mchale or dj?

That never happened.

Won 85-86 champ
86-87 season, lost in finals to Lakers
87-88 lost to Detriot in ECF
88-89 lost to Detroit in first round (Bird had heel surgery early in season and was out til after all star break)
89-90 lost to NY in first round after winning first 2 games
90-91 lost to Detroit in EC semis
91-92 lost in 7 games to Cavs in EC semis

Bird retired after that season.